Stop Teenage Gambling Education Needed At Local Schools
For the past few years
teenage gambling has been increasing at an exponential
rate. The increase in gambling can be contributed
to family members who gamble, multiple television
programs like poker tournaments and skillful advertising
from the gambling establishments. It’s becoming an
epidemic among our teenagers with no real solution being
presented to the educators of our schools systems.
The new stream of
commercials related to stop gambling has had very little
affect. The commercials are geared towards helping
people stop gambling but are not geared towards the
individuals who have not experienced gambling at this
point in time. The stop gambling commercials have
not been able to reach the teenager with a compulsive
gambling addiction. They however may reach the
parents who may realize their child has a problem.
The only way to help
our youth is to educate them in the classroom and at
home. I remember years ago in health class they
educated us on smoking and drinking. This was very
effective on those individuals who never started.
But the ones that were already addicted the educational
programs were unable to reach them.
There following
educational curriculums will be available to ship by
August 2005 in order to give teachers the proper
resource tools to deal with this growing problem:
a)
Helpful Resources for
identifying teenagers who may have a compulsive gambling
addiction.
b)
Helping Teenagers
identify their compulsive gambling addiction
c)
Educating teenagers on
compulsive gambling addiction. This one is my
favorite because this has the best opportunity to
prevent a teenager from gambling, helping teenagers
identify the signs of compulsive gambling addiction and
if the teenager has a problem with gambling.
d)
Giving Teenagers the
tools to identify others who may have a gambling
addiction like their parents. This one has to be
handled sensitively. I have received numerous
emails from teenagers who did not know where to go, who
to talk to in order to help a family member.
e)
Educating Teenagers on
the resources available to get help by giving them the
local stop gambling telephone numbers and helpful stop
gambling websites.
f)
Understanding Compulsive
Gambling Addiction
g)
Practical exercises for
teenagers with addictions to learn about self esteem,
trust and more.
The above educational
curriculums are to be used as a guide for professionals
who want to educate the teenage population. The
curriculums were based on real life situations.
It’s their goal to reach these students at the age where
gambling is most likely to affect their future and to
help teenagers who have a compulsive gambling addiction.
More information can be found at the
Stop Teenage Gambling Website
.
Teenagers that have
been negatively affected by compulsive gambling
addiction exhibit signs of self destructive behavior and
an apathetic view towards school. By noticing the
warning signs early, helps a teenager’s recovery to
accelerate.
Our future is in our
children. By giving them a good education and
family foundation we will help them to survive in this
world.
Another website that
deals directly with compulsive gambling addiction and
also has stop gambling resources is the
I Stopped Gambling So Can You
. This website can help the family members and
friends of gamblers. It also has self help books
available.
How to Help Your Teenager Stop
Gambling Manual
1
My Teenager Has A Gambling
Addiction
1
2
3
Teenage Gambling At Post Prom High School Party
1
2
Stop Gambling Links
1
2
3
4
5
Articles on Teen
Addictions
1
2
Stop Compulsive
Gambling Addiction With Education
1
Parents Educate Themselves On Teenage Gambling Addiction
1
2
3
Teenage
Gamblers Speak Out page
1
2
Is Your Teenager Addicted To Gambling?
1
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